data
/ˈdeɪtə/ noun B2- A representation of information in a computer (as symbols, quantities, sound, images or videos) which is stored, processed or transmitted in the form of electrical signals, records on magnetic tape or punched cards, etc. · Data can be sent through email.
- Material recorded and known or assumed as facts and used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation, represented especially in the form of numbers, and usually structured (such as statistics). · Near-synonyms: dataset, data set, data points· This data shows that X is correlated with Y.
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“No data yet,” he answered.
“You will have your data soon,” I remarked, pointing with my finger; “this is the Brixton Road, and that is the house, if I am not very much mistaken.”
“I had,” said he, “come to an entirely erroneous conclusion which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data.
My data were coming more quickly than I could have reasonably hoped.
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